Lölling keeps the chance for a Beijing ticket
With second place Lölling not only got her best result of the season. The athlete from the RSG Hochsauerland can thus continue to hope to participate in the Olympics. Without a top result, the end would have been threatened by now. Now she only needs a place in the top eight for the ticket to Beijing in the last race before the Olympics.
“It was very liberating to finally be able to laugh again at the finish line”, said Lölling in an interview with Sportschau: “I even screamed for joy.” Visibly moved, the Olympic runner-up thanked her coaches and her family, who had always supported them and “sometimes had to endure a lot”. It was a hard time, but she knew: “If it works, then here” in Winterberg.
Hermann only seventh this time
Tina Hermann came in seventh. The world champion had a problem with a weak start time, especially in the first run. It went a little better in the second run. It was no longer enough for an attack on the podium. “Mega bad” was their start, said Hermann after the race. She felt tired in her legs, now you have to find out why.
Neise has to wait for the Olympic standard
The third German starter, Hannah Neise, was 14th. The 21-year-old from BSC Winterberg had hoped to finish in the top eight on her home track. That would have met the Olympic standard. In the first run, she did not feel so free, she said in the Sportschau interview. “The second had felt better, but nothing came“. She didn’t feel any pressure because of the missing Olympic standard, she still has a chance.
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As of: January 7th, 2022, 5:13 pm